2015 Draft a Franchise (NBA): Discussion.

[Inqui]

It's hard to compare these, each one was really terrible. I watched the game when Weepu's ankle went toward the sideline but this photo today takes the cake. I'm not going to watch the George injury video, which is all over the place. People are sick.

Won't argue there. I feel weird for asking, but it's more that I'd rather gauge what happened without seeing the video or any pics. If you say this one takes the cake, I'll trust you on that and wish him a speedy and full recovery (Weepu came back surprisingly quickly and surprisingly strong, which is a real testament to modern medicine and a hope George can do it too).

 

With that said, I'll probably get bored some time, dig the picture up and regret ever doing it.

[52520Andrew]

I find these like the traffic jams at car accidents, you don't want to look but you are too curious to resist. I will say the video is pretty bad

[-Truth-]

I didn't see the Ware one, The most well-known one I saw recently was Silva's (Piri Weepu would be another one if allblackraven saw that), but if you say George's break was more graphic than Silva's then I'm glad I haven't seen it yet. Silva's shin wrapped around the guy in a way shins aren't meant to wrap around guys.

 

I'm an MMA fan, so I've seen the Silva one, but I probably should've referenced the video as it's been some time since I've seen it. To help explain it, George's leg ended up laying perpendicularly on the area right above his ankle.

[Inqui]

I'm an MMA fan, so I've seen the Silva one, but I probably should've referenced the video as it's been some time since I've seen it. To help explain it, George's leg ended up laying perpendicularly on the area right above his ankle.

[allblackraven]

Peeps, is that my clock running?

[-Truth-]

Peeps, is that my clock running?

 

Yes, it is.

[allblackraven]

Now that Knicks have signed him, I think he will see some playing time on my roster, too. A bit funny to have Early as the last draft pick.

[-Truth-]

There goes the last pick. Do we keep the process open for whoever missed their selection(s) to place theirs? Do we set a time limit or keep it relatively infinite?

[-Truth-]

I'm beginning to feel somewhat optimistic, relatively speaking of course, about George's recovery after reading up on the injury and the opinions of medical professionals. One of the top orthopedic physicians in sports medicine stated that most athletes with this injury can perform at pre-injury levels. Another said that the bone heals stronger and gains stability due to the titanium rod that is inserted during surgery, and that the risk of a re-injury is almost zero. George has been one of my favorite players for years, so I am very disheartened by the injury. I wish him a speedy recovery. He's always been very competitive and hard working, which should help him on the road back to the hardwood.

[Inqui]

There goes the last pick. Do we keep the process open for whoever missed their selection(s) to place theirs? Do we set a time limit or keep it relatively infinite?

I'm happy to keep it open. I don't think closing it would do much tbh.

[Mt. Crushmore]

I'm beginning to feel somewhat optimistic, relatively speaking of course, about George's recovery after reading up on the injury and the opinions of medical professionals. One of the top orthopedic physicians in sports medicine stated that most athletes with this injury can perform at pre-injury levels. Another said that the bone heals stronger and gains stability due to the titanium rod that is inserted during surgery, and that the risk of a re-injury is almost zero. George has been one of my favorite players for years, so I am very disheartened by the injury. I wish him a speedy recovery. He's always been very competitive and hard working, which should help him on the road back to the hardwood.

 

Breaking the same bone in the same spot after it has fully healed is virtually impossible.

[-Truth-]

Breaking the same bone in the same spot after it has fully healed is virtually impossible.

 

That's encouraging to hear.

[Mt. Crushmore]

That's encouraging to hear.

 

Yeah, the bone grows back stronger than before.

[T3hRaven]

That's why kung fu masters punch trees. It's creates micro factures in their hands which, over time, gives them fists of steel.

If it's just bone damage he'll be alright eventually. When you start messing up ligaments and tendons is when you run into problems really.

[-Truth-]

That's why kung fu masters punch trees. It's creates micro factures in their hands which, over time, gives them fists of steel.

If it's just bone damage he'll be alright eventually. When you start messing up ligaments and tendons is when you run into problems really.

 

Ah, I see. The end result must be insane. Good reference.

 

Fortunately for George, nothing else was damaged aside from the bone itself. There was no additional damage to any ligaments, any arteries, any veins or any nerves. Agreed on the latter.

[-Truth-]

Just as a heads up, the list of missed selections before the mandatory rounds were through are:

 

KDUBB44

ravensnick (3x)

 

 

 

These two rosters are unfinished. Sizzlebshu and Gordo52 participated in the 13th round and did not submit a selection thereafter. Should any of them wish to post add a player, they could do so up to two times each. Unless I'm mistaken, codizzle never stated whether he would participate. He is able to add up to three players as well.

[-Truth-]

Anyone interested in participating in the NBA All-Time Draft, the sign ups are being held in the Off-Topic section and are being closed tomorrow evening. Sign up while you can.

[gabefergy]

My team is Beast Mode

[Mt. Crushmore]

 

The Lebrontourage

 

Starting Five:

 

PG: Tony Parker

SG: Klay Thompson

SF: LeBron James

PF: Pau Gasol

C: Nerlens Noel

 

Bench:

 

SG Joe Johnson (6th man)

PG Patrick Beverley 

SF Terrence Ross

PF Nikola Mirotic

PF Josh McRoberts

G Nate Robsinon

SF Mike Miller

C JaVale McGee

G Nate Wolters

PF/C Kevin Garnett

 

Depth Chart:

 

PG: Tony Parker, Patrick Beverley, Nate Wolters

SG: Klay Thompson, Joe Johnson, Nate Robinson

SF: LeBron James, Terrence Ross, Mike Miller

PF: Pau Gasol, Nikola Mirotic, Josh McRoberts

C: Nerlens Noel, JaVale McGee, Kevin Garnett

 

I'm happy with how this team would have turned out.  Would have lost 3 big men to injury which would hurt, but my team was going to be best playing small ball to begin with.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

I'm happy with how this team would have turned out.  Would have lost 3 big men to injury which would hurt, but my team was going to be best playing small ball to begin with.

 

Awesome starting lineup. The depth would've been pretty rough outside of JJ and Mirotic.

[gabefergy]

 

Hip-Hop Ready

9. Russell Westbrook, G

30. Eric Bledsoe, G

47. Chandler Parsons, F

68. Brook Lopez, C

83. Taj Gibson, PF

105. Ryan Anderson, PF

121. Giannis Antetokoundmpo, SG/SF

143. Manu Ginobli, SG

Starting 5:

G: Russell Westbrook

G: Eric Bledsoe

SF: Chandler Parsons

PF: Taj Gibson

C: Brook Lopez

Bench:

 

6th Man: Manu Ginobli

Stretch Big: Ryan Anderson

Freak: Giannis Antetokounmpo

Guard: Jeremy Lin

Center: Mason Plumlee

Westbrook clone: Zach Lavine

Future 6th man: CJ McCollum

 

This team would have been crazy good.

[Gordo52]

I like my team

Starting 5:

G: Michael Carter-Williams

G: Bradley Beal

G: Tony Allen(defensive specialist)

F: Blake Griffin

C: Nikola Vučević

Bench:

6th: Kyle Korver (3 point specialist)

7th: Marco Belinelli (3 point specialist)

SG: Iman Shumpert (defensive prodigy behind Allen)

Point F/C: Boris Diaw

SF: Otto Porter (raw prospect with upside #1)

F: Anthony Bennett(raw prospect with upside #2)

Backup PG: Kirk Hinrich

C: Mitch McGary

Korver would've taken the starting spot

[-Truth-]

PG: Jrue Holiday, D.J. Augustin, Kendall Marshall

SG: Paul George, Gerald Henderson, Marcus Thornton

SF: Jeff Green, Wilson Chandler

PF: Al Horford, Brandan Wright

C: Tim Duncan, Rudy Gobert, Chris Kaman, Larry Sanders

 

 

 

The injuries to Paul George and Kendall Marshall were very unfortunate. I'm surprised that the bigs didn't take a hit with Larry Sanders' retirement. If No.21 returns, which has been hinted at in recent days, I'd have a nasty pairing among my big men between Tim Duncan, Al Horford and Rudy Gobert, so it wouldn't be a lost year with George coming back healthy. Would be very intrigued to see what the roster could do with a healthy starting five.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

PG: Ty Lawson/Mo Williams/Cory Joseph

SG: Monta Ellis/J.R. Smith/Lou Williams

SF: Luol Deng/Danilo Gallinari/Doug McDermott

PF: Kevin Love/Carlos Boozer/Carl Landry

C: Marcin Gortat/Enes Kanter/Noah Vonleh

 

Oh man that bench was insane with Mo, Lou Will, Kanter, JR and Gallo...too bad Deng and Love had down years

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

PG: Jrue Holiday, D.J. Augustin, Kendall Marshall

SG: Paul George, Gerald Henderson, Marcus Thornton

SF: Jeff Green, Wilson Chandler

PF: Al Horford, Brandan Wright

C: Tim Duncan, Rudy Gobert, Chris Kaman, Larry Sanders

 

 

 

The injuries to Paul George and Kendall Marshall were very unfortunate. I'm surprised that the bigs didn't take a hit with Larry Sanders' retirement. If No.21 returns, which has been hinted at in recent days, I'd have a nasty pairing among my big men between Tim Duncan, Al Horford and Rudy Gobert, so it wouldn't be a lost year with George coming back healthy. Would be very intrigued to see what the roster could do with a healthy starting five.

 

Jrue Holiday missed a ton of time too

[CalvinSmoke]

 

Roster:

PG - Jose Calderon

SG - DeMar DeRozan

SF - Carmelo Anthony

PF - Paul Millsap

 C - Andrew Bogut

6th- Isaiah Thomas

 B - Spencer Hawes

 B - Miles Plumlee

 B - Shawn Marion

 B - Jeremy Lamb

 B - Emeka Okafor

 B - Martell Webster

Sit down and respect it

[-Truth-]

Jrue Holiday missed a ton of time too

 

Tons, for sure.

[Inqui]

 

We'll Probably Have to Tank After This Anyway

Roster

Starters

PG: Kyrie Irving

SG: Gordon Hayward

SF: Andre Iguodala

PF: Markieff Morris

C: Roy Hibbert

Subs

Sixth man: Reggie Jackson

PG: Elfrid Payton, Steve Blake

SG: Nik Stauskas

SF: Khris Middleton, James Ennis

PF: Aaron Gordon, Nick Collison

C: Steven Adams, Henry Sims

 

Depth Chart

PG: Irving - Payton - Blake

SG: Hayward - Jackson - Stauskas

SF: Iguodala - Middleton - Ennis

PF: Morris - Collison - Gordon

C: Hibbert - Adams - Sims

 

Eh, it was better than I expected considering I thought it would look more like the 76ers.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

This was pretty easily the best IMO. An eight man rotation with the starting five plus Draymond, Smart and Danny Green is lethal, then sub in Draymond when Bosh went down. 

 

PG: Chris Paul (1)
SG: Jimmy Butler (4)

SF: Tobias Harris (5)
PF: Chris Bosh (2)
C: Greg Monroe (3)

 

6th Man - SG/SF: Danny Green (6)

Bench C/PF: Ed Davis (7)

Bench PG/SG: Marcus Smart (8)

Bench SF/PF: Draymond Green (9)

Bench PF/SF: Mike Scott (10)

Bench PG: Ramon Sessions (11)

Bench C: Zaza Pachulia (12)

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

Eh, it was better than I expected considering I thought it would look more like the 76ers.

 

Pretty damn good.